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sorry if this has been asked before, but when did you start drawing?

2014 

i took up digital art because i wanted to make sprites for my little rpgmaker games :) i got carried away a little in the process

for my current project i will have to learn 3d modeling and i’m honestly terrified of where it would take me

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a handful of sketches i had lying around

i love bwx so much

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well, i just erase and repaint the edges until it looks presentable (i repaint a lot in general, that’s why i call my method unorthodox). i guess it’s easier to show than explain.

i usually take two bordering colors and draw sharper lines around the shape and, if needed, fill in the gaps. sometimes i plan out the shape using its shadow or highlight color as you can see in the way i painted fx’s bangs.

idk if doing it this way will make it easier for you though😅

How. Do you paint. Please. I have tried. I have cried. Tell me ur secrets 😭

i see you, bestie, we’ve all been there.

the technique i use is a common one for painting - make a mess, work on top of it. you can see it for yourself here:

(btw, i’m entirely self-taught and still have a lot to learn, so my use of this technique is probably wildly unorthodox. but it works for me and may or may not work for you.)

so the process basically goes like: 1. get yourself a messy ass sketch, don’t even worry about details, nor anatomy really. you can fix everything as you go. 2. FIGURE OUT YOUR BACKGROUND COLOR. it’s important!!! all your colors are gonna depend on it. (but again, don’t worry too much since anything is salvageable through our lord and savior gradient maps.) 3. slap some base colors on. paint some basic shadows and lighting as well. BUT! BE MESSY ABOUT IT. NO DETAILS, NO DEFINITION. 4. play around with your colors a bit. color correction? gradient maps? overlay? yes. 5. got your colors down? alright, you can add SOME definition. just fix wonky shapes, nothing too fancy. 6. NOW we’re talking about details. fix the shadows, add some highlights. get the edges nice and crisp, or cute and smooth. go all out. 7.MORE COLOR CORRECTION! fix the little places that bother you.

and that’s all, basically. Make a mess, make mistakes, fix them, have fun!

Don’t like how your artwork turned out? it’s okay, try again! art is all about practice and making mistakes, it’s not that serious to cry over it.

if y’all are interested i can post some of my older, cringier paintings (from 2014 till now) to make y’all feel better about your own journey :)

#fun fact: i do my lineart the exact same way

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How. Do you paint. Please. I have tried. I have cried. Tell me ur secrets 😭

i see you, bestie, we’ve all been there.

the technique i use is a common one for painting - make a mess, work on top of it. you can see it for yourself here:

(btw, i’m entirely self-taught and still have a lot to learn, so my use of this technique is probably wildly unorthodox. but it works for me and may or may not work for you.)

so the process basically goes like: 1. get yourself a messy ass sketch, don’t even worry about details, nor anatomy really. you can fix everything as you go. 2. FIGURE OUT YOUR BACKGROUND COLOR. it’s important!!! all your colors are gonna depend on it. (but again, don’t worry too much since anything is salvageable through our lord and savior gradient maps.) 3. slap some base colors on. paint some basic shadows and lighting as well. BUT! BE MESSY ABOUT IT. NO DETAILS, NO DEFINITION. 4. play around with your colors a bit. color correction? gradient maps? overlay? yes. 5. got your colors down? alright, you can add SOME definition. just fix wonky shapes, nothing too fancy. 6. NOW we’re talking about details. fix the shadows, add some highlights. get the edges nice and crisp, or cute and smooth. go all out. 7.MORE COLOR CORRECTION! fix the little places that bother you.

and that’s all, basically. Make a mess, make mistakes, fix them, have fun!

Don’t like how your artwork turned out? it’s okay, try again! art is all about practice and making mistakes, it’s not that serious to cry over it.

if y’all are interested i can post some of my older, cringier paintings (from 2014 till now) to make y’all feel better about your own journey :)

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coronation

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #bai wuxiang #tian guan ci fu #tgcf fanart #mxtx #my art #artists on tumblr #tw blood #cw blood

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goes both ways honestly

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San Lang is cooking dinner tonight😋

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #hua cheng #hualian #tgcf fanart #heaven official's blessing #mxtx #danmei #my art

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they made me cry 5 times, they get the silly treatment now

#jwqs #clear and muddy loss of love #jing wei qing shang #qijing #qiyan agula #qi yan #nangong jingnu #baihe #jwqs fanart #jwqs spoilers

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loser wife and her pretty wife

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being a single father is a difficult job but at least he looks good doing it

#the donghua team didn't have to make him so milf but i'm glad they did #tgcf #qi rong #gu zi #tian guan ci fu #tgcf fanart #heaven official's blessing #mxtx #my art #art #artists on tumblr

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i can’t stop looking at this

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old men affections🙏

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xie lian is not reading that book

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shi qingxuan fills xie lian in on all the gossip he missed

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this is what 2 month of art block got me💪

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #tgcf fanart #tian guan ci fu #mxtx #danmei #my art #xie lian fanart #this was supposed to be about xl's self-destructive tendencies #and how hc is trying to help him see his own value as a person #symbolized by a butterfly casting light on him. idk

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my partner has been obsessed with f&h lately, so i drew their favorite boys for them. this silly little game has an absolutely unreasonable amount of femboys

#fear and hunger #cahara #enki ankarian #nosramus #fear and hunger fanart #my art

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so sad, so sad

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